diff --git a/html2docx/pom.xml b/html2docx/pom.xml
index 1144342..c4eddef 100644
--- a/html2docx/pom.xml
+++ b/html2docx/pom.xml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-                <version>1.17.1</version>
+                <version>1.18.0</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>